Looking Back at Labor 2008

Well brothers and sisters, we couldn't ask for a better result. Barack Obama was elected President of the United States, Jeanne Shaheen was elected to the U.S. Senate, and Paul Hodes and Carol Shea-Porter were sent back to the Congress.

Workers around the state of New Hampshire stood up and said no more to the anti-worker agenda in Washington. We said that if things in this country aren't functioning as they should, we can change how things are done.

You should all feel an amazing sense of accomplishment because all the work we did made that essential difference. Together we knocked on 35,945 doors, wrote by hand 13,000 postcards, made 56,863 phone calls, and got out over 157,000 leaflets in the mail and at the worksites.

When the labor movement invests itself in a cause, we can't lose. Working men and women around this country prove that when our many voices are heard as one, they cannot be silenced.

But we can't stop now. There are more fights ahead. We need to make sure we pass the Employee Free Choice Act to strengthen the labor movement. We are going to make sure the elected candidates are held accountable and that we accomplish the goals we set out to fulfill.

We took a major step in the right direction and it is up to us to continue in our noble pursuits.

In Solidarity,

Mark MacKenzie, New Hampshire AFL-CIO President

Jess Clark, New Hampshire AFL-CIO State Director

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The Final Video

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